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difference in philosophy,” he said.
A county resident for 30 years, Mrs. Scheer’s community activities have ranged from the vice-presidency of the Cedar Run Volunteer Rescue Squad Auxiliary to Brownie Scout leader.
Her political background includes service as a legislative aide to Rep. Robert Barry in the 1960s, and later work as a congressional liaison for the Agency for Economic Development, a foreign aid division of the State Department.
“1 have lobbied for conservation causes in Richmond and I know how the system works,” she wrote. “And I have weathered the rough and tumble of local politics.”
A staunch preservationist who belongs to the Piedmont Environmental Council and Citizens for Fauquier County, Mrs. Scheer lost her planning commission seat when Cedar Run Supervisor Wilbur Burton declined to reappoint her in 1994.
The two had disagreed over several issues. Mr. Burton was particularly unhappy with her opposition to the Auburn Dam and a plan to provide conventional sewer systems for Catlett, CTalverton and Midland.
The platform of her delegate bid, as outlined in her announcement, focuses almost entirely on the local issues that have dominated Fauquier County politics.
She discusses the need to support public education, agriculture, clean industry “that will meet the needs of our citizens,” “conservation and open spaces,” as well as “tourism and historic preservation.”
She stresses environmental issues because “clean air and clean water are basic to human survival.”
Her statement does not touch on issues of welfare reform, or funding strategies for parole abolition initiatives, or taxes.
Perhaps the lone plank related to broader state issues is her professed “support of fiscal responsibility along with social responsibility.”
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